wild weather in the south, tornadoes hit alabama, louisiana and mississippi. emergency officials in alabama say one tornado touched down in the northern part of the state and another in the central region, no word anyone was hurt but a dozen homes were damaged near newhope, mississippi near the alabama state line, 2,000 homes without power. the national weather service confirms two tornadoes touched down in southeastern louisiana. lauren: investigators looking for answers after a man shot and killed a state trooper at a bus station in richmond, virginia. and spoken briefly to men. and shot chad multiple times, firing his weapon is two other state police troopers returned. neil: lauren: two were wounded, they are expected to survive. nicole: the most closely watched economic report of the month is expected, the march jobs report seeing a solid month of gains and expected to increase compared to 242,000 in february, the unemployment rate holding steady at the eight year low of 4.9%. wages expected to increase 2%, a slight decline in february. "mornings with maria

especially here in the northern areas of alabama, mississippi, northwestern georgia, as we go ahead through your thursday evening, even by friday, the tornado threat will taper off, but you'll see the thunderstorms up and down the seaboards. this is another thing i want to mention. as this low continues to push east, we have this cold front, stretching all the way down towards the gulf of mexico and pulling in the much cooler winter like air from northern canada. we're looking at heavy know fall, ontario, temperatures will be cooling down. ottawa, 10, down to minus 2, even snowfall on sunday. new york city, 23, spring like ahead of this storm system. we've got strong southerly winds coming in. temperatures will drop down to 7 by sunday. i also want to know in washington, d.c., we have the cherry blossom festival going on now. temperatures will be warm, but rain on friday. the thing is, not spring like by the time sunday rolls around. talk about cherry blossoms, how about over here towards japan. we have a wide spread of blooms taking place, central, western areas of the korean peninsula. th

tornadoes were reported in parts of mississippi, louisiana and alabama. heavy rain in the mississippi delta caused widespread flooding and prompted evacuations. in the southern town of purvis, high winds toppled trees and are power lines. in the alabama county state line, at least a dozen homes werer damaged. >> they were messing with my carcar all of a sudden my wife called me and said you need to come in, the sirens are going off. i didn't hear them. when we were coming off the shop, there was tin flying off the shop there, and it's more thannive ever seen or been in. >> the crews rescued a 16-year-old after his car was stuck in a ditch. two twisters hit, knocking out power, but no one in the state was hurt. >> that risk of severe weather continues today. let's bring in nicole mitchell. >> yes, we had so many severe storm reports yesterday that they were well over 100 extend to the great lakes. high winds, and in addition to the reports that we saw yesterday and a few more the day before in places like oklahoma. so the problem today, with the front stl l

last night, a string of twisters touched down in mississippi, alabama, and louisiana. one hit in eastern mississippi between columbus and the alabama state line. damaging at least a dozen homes. one young resident took shelter in his truck. >> there was a lot of wind. a big boom. then hail was hitting the truck. and all of a sudden i'm driving and not driving nil more and then i'm in a ditch and the power line fell! >> so far, there are no reports of serious injuries. >>> now to politics. donald trump is trying to mend fences with the republican party while explaining his controversial comments on abortion. all this comes ahead of next week's wisconsin primary, a crucial contest for trump and for those trying to stop him. a just released poll of likely republican voters finds trump trailing ted cruz by ten points. a trump loss in wisconsin would dramatically increase the chances of a contested convention. don champion is here in new york. >> reporter: no doubt a trump loss next week would offer new hope to rival ted cruz, still dealing with controversy surrounding his c

. >> if this track is correct, it comes into a point near the alabama / mississippi line. >> in august 2005, with round the clock weather reports - southern louisiana residents had plenty of warning katrina was coming. they just didn't know what they were getting. traditionally, the national weather service has relied on hurricane hunters. they fly planes into storms to take measurements...that's how they track them. but for safety reasons they can only fly when the storm isn't too powerful...and even our current satellite technology doesn't allow us to take measurements through heavy rain. >> what we were doing during katrina...the national weather service hurricane hunters they were flying over katrina with their airplanes when they could and the last measurements ...were just a little bit after this right in this region right here. >> dr. ruf a professor of atmospheric science at the university of michigan--says after that, winds picked up even more building stronger storm surge. in those final hours that couldn't be measured. >> so the magnitude of the flooding and also the locatio

alabama, mississippi, portions of georgia, very heavy rain anthony storms still rolling through the area. here we sit on the northern branch of the front you just don't have the clash in the atmosphere. so not going to get the casino of severity in the way of the wet weather watch we do have however is pretty decent amount of rain. by comparison to yesterday, we are still looking at essentially the same timing here for things to start clearing out, but probably going to have heavier rain as opposed to yesterday where it was just some scattered pocket of light rain. more like a line moving through with the cold front and some heavier rain comes along with it, so we time things out in future weather. generally it looks like things will fill into the radar in the next couple of hours, here is sort of the line. see it forming, but along with, that plenty of moisture to work with, means there will be heavy rain at times, future weather pegs that to pick up between 8:00 and 9:00, 9:30 or so, over philadelphia, right the typical rush packing up, see heaviest rain push through. hit the lunch hou

mississippi. it caused severe damage through that state along with another twister in alabama. a mississippi police car lost control in the storm, hydroplane into the tree. intense storms and funnel clouds were reported further north. portions of tennessee saw severe flooding as well as strong winds and pelting hail. it is still not over. april begins with the threat of more flash flooding in the soaked south. wind damage is expected from delaware to the northern gulf coast. even as far north as new england. winds could be strong enough to knock out power. the northeast is ao bracing for colder temperatures, possibly even light snow in areas. we'll have your full forecast in just a few minutes. >>> breaking news overnight. north korea has reportedly fired another surface-to-air missile into the sea of japan. this could be in response to president obama's gathering of more than 50 world leaders in washington for a two-day summit to discuss nuclear security. it's an issue that has come into the spotlight on the campaign trail as well. nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent a

others were reported in parts of mississippi and alabama. heavy rain caused flooding and prompted evacuations. further fourth, a dozen homes were damaged. >> we were messing with my car. all of a sudden my wife called and said you need to come in. i doesn't here the sirens. when we came out. it was flying off the top of the shop. >> crews rescued a 16-year-old. in alabama two swifters hit no one in the state was hurt. >> the risk of severe weather conditions. nicole mitchell has more. >> we had reports of well over 100, all the way to the great lakes. that was a different problem, high wind in addition to the reports from yesterday of the the problem today we have concerns, and rain adds to the problem. even though the thread is winding down, we have it. a lesser risk, anywhere from the golf hosed to the hied atlantic. watch for the swangs. a couple of days of rain. up and down the coastline. by the time we get to tomorrow, there's a system across the great lakes, it merges in. the north-east is active. other areas will clear out. and there'

a tornado hit parts of alabama, mississippi and louisiana. look at the damage.we haven't heard about deaths or injuries yet but trees and power lines were knocked down and homes were destroyed. earlier this week several tornados hit north eastern oklahoma and at least seven people were hurt. >>> five members of the u.s. women's national soccer team have filed a wage discrimination lawsuit against the soccer federation. the lawsuit says female players earn as little as 40% of the money made by their counter parts even though the women have won more championships. the victory in the world cup final was the most watched soccer game of all-time in the u.s. the u.s. soccer federation says it was disappointed the action was taken and its committed to engage and negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement that addresses compensation. >>> the warriors celebrated april fool's day early with the help of the ride sharing company lyft. andre iguodala pulled a good prank on festus ezeli. >> back up center festus ezeli will be released from his contract. that's it no more

las excepciones a la regla ha sido los estados sureÑos de alabama y mississippi.arata para construir el muro. algunos calificaron sus palabras de inmigrantes exigieron una disculpa y le aclararon que ya no es comediante sino mandatario de un paÍs. morales: el seÑor que quiere construir muro con mano de obra barata. tenemos muy buena mano de obra barata y con mucho gusto tenemos capacidad para hacerlo. ilia: presidente guatemalteco hizo estas declaraciones en nueva york, cuando viajo para participar de un encuentra especial. enrique: se da la sepultura de seres queridos hacen frente al propio drama por escasez de recursos. >> decenas de personas saben lo que es despertar y no tener quÉ desayunar. son los tonificados del terremoto en ecuador. a sus 72 aÑos perdiÓ su casa y depende de otros. >> necesitamos alimentos para comer. reportero esto genera gestos dobles como el de zambrano, trabaja en una pastelerÍa y trajo un pastel que se elabora en la zona. zambrano: hay que hacerlo por amor a dios, y no tenemos amor al prÓjimo no somos nada. reportero: en extensas regio

reports of at least four tornados like this one in new hope, mississippi, caused severe damage, along with another in alabamaa mississippi police car hydroplaning into a tree. intense storms and funnel clouds reported across the region and farther north. mississippi saw severe flooding and pelting hail and it is not over. april begins with the threat of more flash flooding in the soaked south. wind damage from delaware to the northern gulf coast and as far north as new england. the northeast is also bracing for colder temperatures, possibly light snow. we'll have your full forecast in just a few minutes. >>> breaking news overnight. north korea has reportedly fired another surface-to air missile in the sea of japan. this could be in response to president obama's galthering fo a two day summit nuclear security. chief foreign affairs corresponde correspondent. >> reporter: donald trump's first meeting with his foreign policy team took place in a construction site for a trump hotel. >> great importance is north korea's -- >> reporter: and it trump's cause to possibly even use him that have him under fire. >> i

twisters touched down in alabama, and mississippi. a dozen homes were damaged near new hope, mississippi. emergency workers had to reach damaged areas organ foot because so many trees are blocking the roads. >>> i know it's going to be warm today. i thought i would take my coat in case i need it. >> reporter: keep the coat handy because next week it gets cooler. >>> don't throw it out. >>> okay. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you we have a little bit of rain out there. as we take a two dimensional look, there are showers they are mainly in south jersey and creeping up in the state of delaware. in some cases these are a little bit heavy. all the thunderstorm activity is off the coast, though. stepping outside, we have cloudy skies on sky6 live hd. there they are. dry for now in philadelphia. although, later this morning and into the afternoon we'll be seeing spotty showers and thunderstorm. mild, 67 degrees in philadelphia. the winds have died down overnight only at 7 miles per hour. once the sun comes up we'll be

tornadoes hit mississippi, alabama and louisiana yesterday after tearing through the plains a day earlier. this funnel cloud was captured on a cell phone camera in new hope, mississippi. significant damage also reported in alabama last night. there was damage to homes along with downed trees and power lines. and take a look at this video from central arkansas. the quarter sized hail was enough to send some high school students running for cover there. let's bring in msnbc meteorologist bill karins. that's huge. that's going to hurt. these storms on the move. what's happening? >> this will be day three. then we'll be done and then we'll talk more about winter weather. the one in new hope t one we showed you -- down the guy's street, that one right there. that got wide in a hurry too. that one right through the town, no injuries though, no fatalities with that. another one in mississippi, you can see that in the distance in the background there. just to the right. and scary scenes but thankfully no horrific damage. 212 reports of severe weather, hail and wind damage as far north as the grea

in arkansas, alabama, louisiana, mississippi, georgia, texas, virginia, tennessee. and the reason i say i take factual issue with that is because, you know, i saw the footage of your rallies in texas and virginia. at least we reported you were first on the ground ahead of clinton in alabama, virginia, texas, tennessee. why is your campaign now saying that you essentially didn't try in those states? >> all right, rachel, you say you don't want to talk about processes, this is exactly what we're talking about. one person said that. i don't know the context. i think perhaps what tad meant by that is that we did not put a lot of money into tv advertising. that we knew those states would be difficult states for us and we used our resources elsewhere. although to be honest with you, we put a lot of money into south carolina and we did poorly. so, of course, we did compete in mississippi, alabama, not a whole lot, to be honest with you. but i think what tad was meaning is that we did not put a lot of resources into those states. >> you told me in january, you articulated i

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other toranados were also reported in parts of mississippi, louisiana, and northern alabama. heavy rain in the mississippi delta caused widespread flooding and prompted some evacuations. in the southern town of purvis, high wednesday toppled trees and power lines. further north, near the alabama state line, at least a dozen homes were damaged. >> we are out in the shop messing with my car. all the sudden, my wife called me and said, you need to come in. the siren is going off. yes here the sirens going off. when we come running out of the shop, there was some tin flying off the top of the shop there, you know, just it's nothing i have ever seen or been in. >> reporter: crews also rescued a 16-year-old after he and his truck got stuff in a ditch. in alabama, at least two twisters hit, leaving thousands without power but no one in the state or in louisiana was hurt. herm illa algowy, al jazeera. >> let's bring in nicole for the latest? >> yesterday, definitely there was toranados we were talking about but more widespread was all of the oranges that you see on this map and they g

reporter: last night, there were reports that five tornadoes had swept across indiana, georgia, alabama, and mississippi. >> it's getting bigger. >> reporter: after a twister touched down in lowndes county, were forced to respond by foot, weaving around toppled power lines and trees blocking roads. 50 homes in new hope were damaged but no one was hurt. randy and jenny lawrence felt guilty because two of their trees landed on their neighbor's house. >> they are such wonderful people, and i would have given anything for these trees to have fallen on our house instead of theirs. >> reporter: the city of warner robins is under a state of emergency. and, scott, a tornado warning remains in effect until 9:00 p.m. local time. >> pelley: mark strassmann, thank you, mark. we had good news on the economy today. employers added 215,000 jobs in march. that's 66 months of job growth, nearly six years. the unemployment rate rose to 5%, but for a good reason. more people joined the labor force looking for jobs in a strengthening economy. we always like to look at the rate of unemployed plus people who can find only pa

out our umbrellas in about a week, week and a half in some cases and numerous showers from alabama and mississippias of northern new england. the middle of the country, houston area especially, you finally dry out and a nice weekend coming your way ahead with the exception being the northern portion of the nor then also showers and storms. they will be hit and miss atlanta up to 95 and back up into new england. saturday lingering rains in eastern north carolina. great weather moving to the ohio valley and southeast and stormy weather in the rockies and sunday watch the storm system bringing rain minneapolis north wards to the northern half of the country but should be a beautiful weekend for so many. that is a national weather. now a closer look at your day ahead. this looks a lot worse than it is. areas that get rain today will not rain all day long. you'll see periods of showers and maybe an isolated thunderstorm or too and areas of the southeast. a majority of your day will be dry. >>> on this earth day, everyone in the east, flowers need a little water. >> go ahead and get out there and do you

tornadoes as well to parts of tennessee, mississippi and also alabama. over mississippi delta was caught on a cell phone video. again, no one was hurt here yesterday. heavy rains also caused flooding and prompted evacuations throughout the state. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> that's the same system that's going to bring us the chance of some showers and thunderstorms during the day today. but this morning, it is cloudy but very warm. we are at 67 degrees and holding in philadelphia. 15 degrees warmer than normal and the southerly wind, you can see it's blowing the flag in center city. that's the view from the loews hotel in center city. the winds gusting to 35 miles an hour this afternoon. the afternoon hours, that's when we'll see the strongest wind. in spite of clouds, showers, we'll see the temperatures climb with the winds, 60s for pottstown, philadelphia, millville at 64 degrees. it will be mostly cloudy day. we might see breaks of sunshine during the afternoon. but they are going to be limited. behind th

. >> twisters touching down in alabama, louisiana and mississippi. here in the northeast, a big temperature drop is about to have millions asking what happened to spring? >>> feeling the pressure? hillary clinton loses her cool with a protester at a rally. >> i am so sick of the sanders campaign lying about me. i'm sick of it. >> while donald trump, under fire from all sides, meets behind closed doors with party leaders. the big vote in wisconsin now four days away. this morning, the new polls showing it could be a very bad day for the two front-runners. >>> and dock and cover! [ honking ] >> move, move! >> tourists scramble as a whale watching boat heads right for the pier. [ honking ] no serious injuries, but a lot of frayed nerves, and the coast guard's now looking into why it happened, today, friday, april 1st, 2016. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> and good morning, everybody. great spring day. welcome to friday. willie's in for matt this morning. >> b

other tornados were reported in mississippi and alabama. heavy rain caused widespread rain. in the town of purvis high winds toppled trees and powerlines. further north a dozen homes were damaged. >> we were at the shop messing with the car. all of a sudden my wife said "you need to come in, the sirens are going off", i didn't hear them. when we came out of the shop, tin was flying off the top of the shot. nothing i have ever seen or been in. >> crews rescued a 16-year-old after he and his truck was stuck in a ditch. in alabama two hit, leaving thousands without power. no one in the state was high court. that risk of weather continues. let's bring in nicole mitchell. >> we had so many severe storm reports, there were well over 100 extending to high winds. in addition to the tornado reports we saw yesterday and a few more the day before into places like oklahoma. with a front lingering through the south we have concerns and rain that we'll add to the programme. even though the threat is winding down. anywhere from the gold coast. watch for the potential, as we finish doing fo

massachusetts, alabama, mississippi. but we are talking about a vote range that's 33-38 percent.he has taken 37% of primary votes. what changed is the race around him. even if scott walker was out of the race. waukesha county is not ted cruz country under normal circumstances. ted cruz is a southern conservative republican. voters of waukesha county are more moderate and pragmatic. bill: if you are arguing trump's percentage of the vote did not change much in wisconsin, despite what he did in massachusetts, alabama, there are some states he performed very well. so if the campaign as it is only has three candidates, what does that suggest about where the voters are going when the field is more narrow. i looked at may have began and trump did so well there. what is different about that state, do you find? >> nothing. there are fewer candidates in the race than there were before and their votes that were going to candidates like marco rubio is going to ted cruz. that's how it worked in wisconsin. look at the poll out today in pennsylvania. quite impressive. but it's the same. trump

. >>> and more than 800 people are at enhanced risk of severe weather in parts of alabama and mississippind wind has been moving across the lower mississippi valley, and the worst part of the hail is in morning mississippi and alabama along with parts of kentucky. i'm patricia stark, for more on your headlines log onto foxnews.com. to be a contested convention, first of all. >> you believe that is a fact? >> absolutely. >> as of today the 31st of march. >> well, look, ted cruz has to win almost 90% of the delegates. isn't going to happen. trump's got -- >> 88%. >> okay. 88%. okay. zero chance. trump has to win about 60%. he's not going to do it. and as this moves east, pennsylvania i'm running even with trump. in new york, now that people are beginning to hear me, we're rising. it is a matter of accumulating delegates. >> and that was 2016 gop presidential candidate, ohio governor john kasich. that was earlier today. saying there will be a contested convention come july and earlier today gop front-runner donald trump met with the rnc in washington behind closed doors and this is what trum

if you're traveling you'll find it in mississippi, alabama, and georgia. if you're staying around here, a great baseball weather. sunshine, 57 degrees. look at the warmup that happens djing the day. a little bit of a breeze am beautiful day ahead. the temperatures in thel middle 60s. not quite as cold saturday morning. look at the warmup during the afternoon saturday. sunny, 66. 71 on sunday. here comes a bit of a summer preview for monday. 78 degrees. still real nice weather for tuesday and wednesday. high temperatures in the 60s. >> very nice. thank you. that's a pretty good run. deadly hit and run. we're learning new information this morning on this fatal crash in port richmond and what happened to the victim before the victim died. that's coming up in the next half hour. plus, thousands of missed flights. we'll tell you why it's becoming a nationwide problem and how the tsa is planning to fix it. ♪ ♪ zblooens, indianapolis, rawly durham are three of the new cities frontier is adding this spring. tomorrow frontier will be flying to nashville, cleveland,

more than eight million people are at an enhanced rick of severe -- risk of severe weather in mississippi, alabama and damaging winds have been moving across the region all nightlong. the worst threat is in northern mississippi and the alabama area along with parts of tennessee and southern kentucky. >>> the u.s. is making progress in reducing the stockpiles of highly enriched uranium, so says the white house. it is now declassifying and publicly releasing a inventory of highly enriched uranium. this comes as leaders meet in dc. their home is to secure the nuclear weapons and trls and keep them out of hands of terrorists. >>> north korea responded to the dc summit with more defiance. this morning the rogue nation fired another suspected it ballistic missal into the sea. the projectile is said to have landed off the northeast coast. >>> california's governor will sign a bill giving workers the highest minimum wage, $15 an hour taking effect by 2022. they say it will help close the gap between rich and poor. republicans argue it will make california appear hostile to business. i'm patricia stark, an

bigger picture will set -- bigger storms down to the south, mississippi, alabama, this is going to be moving through the area. later in the day, this is the first part of your day, morning commute, some wet weather during the evening commute. i put this together for you. all-day washout, the heavier chance for some showers, embedded thunderstorms would be for your p.m. commute during the morning, low visibility just a few showers out there. just keep that in mind. over to you, kristine. >>> this just in now, new york state legislature and governor cuomo have reached a budget deal at tomorrow's deadline. part of the deal includes raising the minimum wage to $15 2018 and later. 12 weeks of paid family leave and middle-class tax cuts for people who make under $300,000 a year. >>> an innocent driver is dead after a chase and crash in bergen county. police say that wild pursuit started just before 2:00 in the afternoon in paramus. the motorcyclist sped away during a traffic stop. an officer dispatched slammed into a silver sedan on summit road, killing that driver. >> the person was still

twister hit alabama louisiana and mississippi overnight. people had to take cover when there's no word of injuries after yesterday's tornadoes. >>> 6:04. time for weather and traffic on the 4s. chris, you said that's the case of where the joining of the two seasons creates these kinds of disturbances. >> this is the time of year, march, april and may in particular. that part of the country. leftover cold air for the winter season and very warm spring air headed towards a summer season. it's not good atmospherically. you've got showers headed your way but it's a mild morning. lot of folks starting out in the 60s. except coastal areas. a few rounds of showers. nothing particularly heavy anticipated. a lot of the time it won't be raining. should top 70 degrees this afternoon from the city on west. we'll have that south to southwest wind. it's mostly cloudy now. couple of sprinkles here or there on the radar. few more showers pop up later this afternoon. by noon, 67, by 3:00 about 72. we're going to see a change to colder weather over the weeke

in the south where you and i are from, mississippi,, mississippi, alabama, louisiana he does not get more than 13, 14 percent in any state. here you come to power understanding that you have been, if you will, the inheritor of this multiracial, multidimensional coalition comeau what would have been your device about, here is your responsibility? >> guest: that is a hard one. >> host: that is the question. >> guest: going back to what we talked about earlier how do you change the frame? i think i wanted the president to be bolder. change the frame. if we have to list all boats , managing southern racists we do not want to trigger white fears tall white backlash and as long as we do so we allow all of that to stay in place. as long as we engage in practical politics of navigating and moving about and trying to avoid what is really at the heart of the problem for the value gap and so when you govern in such a way engage in reverse talk whistle, i must speak in such a way to let you know i am not that manchurian candidate. >> host: for president obama there were very few if any role mode

at least three twisters touched down last night in mississippi and alabama in an area straddling the e caused extensive damage to homes and businesses near columbus, mississippi. trees and power lines were flocked down but there are no reports of injuries or deaths. one falling trapped passengers in their car. >> eastern oklahoma residents yesterday cleaned up from a tornado that touched down several times. homes and businesses there, as well in about a square mile of a mostly residential area had damage. a large tree fell on a popular wedding venue. the owner says it's probably a total loss. there were only minor injuries in that area. >> turning to the race for the white house and donald trump huddling with republican leaders. the meeting came after trump sat down with foreign policy advisors following a day sparked by his comments on abortion, comments he now says were taken out of context. with more, here's abc's lauren lyster. >> reporter: donald trump off the campaign trail and meeting privately with gop leaders. telling fox news -- >> it was a very good meeting, very good peopl

the severe weather in the south especially along the mississippi, alabama boarder >> at least three tornadoesouched down last night. more are possible through this morning. damage is reported to homes and byes. it's part of a storm system working its way across the south. we get more from abc's steve osunsami in arkansas. >> reporter: it's getting dark on millions of families in the southeast who will need to watch out for possibly deadly storms. hail in arkansas is mother the rain trapped drivers in what looked like raging rivers nearly rock. this is the moment when firefighters rescued three people holding on to a tree for dear life. a number of families north of tulsa are homeless. the weather service is now blaming at least two tornados in northeastern oklahoma that smashed homes and knocked down power poles. i hope people are taking cover. phillip mena is at a church where during the storm they were praying for salvation. >> well, it's amazing that the lord delivered us from this. >> reporter: passengers on an american airlines flight from dallas to memphis thought they were going to mee

. >> from atlanta, georgia, to birmingham, alabama, onto jackson, mississippi and to monroe, louisiana, and beyond. reporter: autobiographical songs, cherishing memories and exorcising demons. that will wander with the ghost of highway 20. >> reporter: is the songwriting therapeutic for you? >> oh yeah. it's a life force, you know, that drives me. it's cathartic. >> reporter: if i took all your songs and threw the lyrics into a word cloud, i'd probably get top hits for 'ipain,' 'itears,'i blue,' 'iblues. words like that. >> i have plenty to write about. i'm carrying around a lot of baggage, you know, from my childhood. i look at it like here's a well, you know. all i have to do is dip my hand in and pull something. there's a sadness so deep the sun seems black. >> reporter: many of her lyrics are poetic, a gift she may have inherited from her father, miller williams, a prolific poet who read at bill clinton's second inauguration. she used to run lyrics by him, and since he died last year, a few of his lines have inspired her songs, like "dust." >> you couldn't cry if you wanted to. eve